"Tim, are you looking forward to this moment?" The Admiral straightened Duncan's jersey and looked at Duncan expectantly.

Duncan's expression was still glazed, but David Robinson could see that there was a glint in Duncan's eyes.

Duncan nodded slowly, and seeing Duncan's response, David Robinson laughed heartily.

"It seems that David really is Tim's best mentor." Popovich was relieved.

At the start of the season, Popovich still had a lot of doubts about the run-in between Duncan and David Robinson.

Will David's offensive space be affected by Duncan?

Will the admiral tolerate the emergence of yet another super-insider?

Can the two personalities get along?

Not all super inside lines can be combined into an invincible twin tower. That's how Olajuwon and Sampson were combined. It was after Sampson left the Rockets that Olajuwon became the big dream of omnipotence.

The two teams with the inside as the core, although they have a very big advantage in the penalty area. Both rebounding and defensive are very intimidating, but they are very easy to overlap functionally!

A lot of top-level interior scoring is concentrated under the basket, and if it weren't for Duncan and David Robinson, who both have a solid mid-range shot, the two of them would be unable to move an inch in a crowded offensive space!

And in the positional battle, the number of shots of the stars is very small, can David Robinson, who was once the scoring champion, tolerate Duncan's encroachment on his shots?

There are only so many opportunities for a team to get shots in the box, and Duncan shoots more, and David Robinson must shoot less.

And the admiral's outgoing and hearty personality is completely different from Duncan's sluggish and shy personality!

The fact that the two of them were able to get along so well really made Popovich feel very lucky.

"Guys, get ready, the next moment, we're going to shock the world." Popovich looked at the wolf and swept his sharp eyes over the players one by one.

Since that fiasco at the start of the season, Popovich has seen the Lakers as the number one imaginary enemy!

Almost every night, Popovich's mind comes to mind with Kobe and O'Neal insulting Duncan! Whether it is offensive or defensive tactics of his own team, he has been torn to pieces by OK! There are no routines at all.

Popovich has been waiting for this day for a long time!

He prepared too many tactics for the Lakers, and Zhuge was the first to use a small point guard + big man pitcher system to target the Lakers' airtight defense under Kobe.

Popovich was also the first to dare to completely liberate Duncan, let Duncan be desperate to help defend and pinch OK, and let go of the Lakers' shooter tactics.

And the Spurs did defeat the Lakers head-on! This is something that not even the second-place Jazz in the West has ever done.

And now, Duncan is even stronger after a series of challenges from the league's top teams, as well as the ordeal of the playoffs!

Popovich even thinks that this Duncan has a stronger ability than the peak admiral of the year!

The Spurs have the strength to beat the Lakers!

Popovich was convinced!

...

"David, do you see how Hakim was blown up by me? Now it's your turn! O'Neill, the big shark, spread his hands out and put them in front of his eyes.

And then squeeze it into a fist!

Domineering oath!

"Hakim is old, I don't!" The admiral snorted angrily.

Full of Martian flavor!

On May 2, 1998, at the Great Western Forum Arena, the Lakers played against the Spurs.

The game has even started and has attracted a lot of attention. O'Neill slashed the big dream of the top four centers! Next up is the Admiral!

In this era when the inside line is king, Ewing is already old. A new king has ascended the throne!

The new league's No. 1 center, against the old four centers plus a league of big forwards, the strongest interior rookie Wang Tim Duncan!

How can such a game that advocates confrontation and advocating the inside line be missed?

O'Neal opened the court to provoke, directly making the Lakers fans on the sidelines climax!

Overbearing! Lakers fans love such confident stars! Just like Los Angeles is the city of Hollywood, fans love such expressive players!

It's game on!

There are no changes to the Lakers' starters!

Even in the face of the twin towers, it is still Horry who plays four. Harris is determined to follow through on offense, and all of the team's tactical philosophy and personnel are centered around getting Kobe Bryant and O'Neal to play on the offensive end!

It's OK! Don't think about anything, they just attack enough to crush everything!

Harris has gone from being an academy coach to a superstar coach. But he's cool! It's not a change that every coach can encounter!

It's like you can drive a sports car! So why race someone else on a bike?

What more bikes do you need?

Let's OK and play cool! It's over!

Phil Jackson has done it to make Jordan cool, he has become a top coach at the all-time level, and if Harris can make OK cool at the same time, he will definitely go down in history!

Coaches are at the service of their players, which seems like a paradox to the NCAA's famous coaches. But in the NBA, that's the truth!

The starting lineup on the Spurs' side is Avery Johnson, Vinnie Denat, Sean Elliott, Tim Duncan, David Robinson.

Big Shark and Admiral Jump Ball!

In this season's jump ball, O'Neal was defeated, but this time, he lost to David Robinson!

"It's so high!" The admiral has muscles that look like they are made of copper! The calf soleus muscle burst out instantly, jumped out of an exaggerated height, and pointed the ball to his side.

"Stand out!" The rest of the Lakers players were still a little stunned, they were used to the quick start of the game, and they were completely unprepared for O'Neal to lose the jump shot, and Kobe Bryant yelled directly.

"Oops." O'Neal threw off his arms and ran to the basket!

But by this time, the little general had already passed the ball to Duncan, who was in a high position.

It's late!

Duncan didn't look at it, he immediately lifted the ball high in the air, and then smashed it hard to the ground.

Bounce the ball and pass the ball!

The basketball went straight through the Lakers' somewhat confused defensive line and into the hands of the plugged Admiral.

Jump!

David Robinson used the incredible stagnation of a big man to pull his body into a bow.

Violent stretch! One-handed buckle!

The basket is shaking!

Take the lead!

This goal made Kobe frown. The Lakers were actually beaten by the Spurs into a fast start, which is very rare.

Really! O'Neill was still careless.

In that case, Kobe Bryant simply pushed the boat down the river and let O'Neal understand how strong the Spurs' twin towers really are.

Only by completely waking up O'Neill and letting him put away his arrogant mentality can he finally win the championship!

The arrogant army will be defeated! This is what a Chinese friend told Bryant.